At the risk of tooting my own bugle, allow me to second the endorsement
of "The People Vs. Agent Orange" and direct your attention to my
interview with the filmmakers, Kate Taverna and Alan Adelson:
http://cine-journal.blogspot.com/2021/03/ecocide-gift-that-keeps-taking.html
George Robinson
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On 3/9/2021 3:00 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
Just by coincidence, the documentary “The People Vs. Agent Orange”
that opened on March 6thin virtual theaters
<https://www.thepeoplevsagentorange.com/screenings-1>could have easily
been released to coincide with International Women’s Day that is
celebrated on March 8^th . The film is a profile of two women who have
dedicated their lives to terminating the use of a deadly chemical
herbicide that cost the lives of both Americans and Vietnamese. You
might rightly assume that the Americans were GI’s serving in Vietnam
like Leo Cawley, an economist who hosted “Fearful Symmetry,” on
WBAI-FM in the late 80s—the best program on a network that has lost
its way. Leo died of complications from a bone-marrow transplant, the
after-effects of being exposed to Agent Orange when he was a marine in
Vietnam.
But you didn’t have to be in Vietnam to get sick or die from Agent
Orange. Unbelievably, after its use was banned in 1971, it eventually
sprayed by the millions of gallons in Western Oregon upon the soil
that once held millions of trees. After they were cut down, Agent
Orange was used to kill the weeds left behind as an aid to reforestation.
full: https://louisproyect.org/2021/03/09/the-people-vs-agent-orange/
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